Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesBotanyEvolution Tagged , __tedited, adaptation, alleles, Darwinian mechanisms, diploidal genome, haploid, Joe Felsenstein, misrepresentation, mutation rate, natural selection, naturalists, Nature, non-random evolution, non-random mutation, population genetics, positive selection, random mutation, random processes, randomness, Response to Criticism, zoologists In Terror of Chipmunks: A Response to Joseph Felsenstein Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig July 25, 2016 Botany, Evolution 22 Seldom have I seen a piece of scientifically inspired writing like Felsenstein's that is so far off the mark. Read More ›
Type post Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science Are Humans Magnetic? Science and Culture July 25, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 If turtles, fish, birds, and mammals can respond to the earth's magnetic field, why can't humans? Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 24, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, design intuition, intuitions, promotions, Undeniable (book) If You Could Get a Critic to Read Just One Book about Intelligent Design, It Might be Undeniable David Klinghoffer July 24, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 4 Dr. Axe's new book speaks to everyone, and who would know better than a NY Times bestselling novelist like Dean Koontz? Read More ›
Type post Author Howard Glicksman Date July 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, The Designed Body (series) Muscles and Nervous System: Keeping the Body Moving Howard Glicksman July 23, 2016 Evolution, Medicine 1 To be able to sit and read this paragraph, your body must perform several actions all at once. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 22, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News The Lowdown on the Louisiana Science Education Act Sarah Chaffee July 22, 2016 Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 1 It's ironic that a law aimed at clarifying science for students should provoke so much obfuscation from its critics. Read More ›
Type post Date July 22, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Nature, Research, Science How Hummingbirds Avoid Collisions Science and Culture July 22, 2016 Intelligent Design 1 Darting through branches and flitting from flower to flower, they employ a non-intuitive but simple strategy. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, culture of death, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, Hippocratic Oath, legislation, palliative care Culture of Death Brings Tyranny to Vermont Wesley J. Smith July 21, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Authorities in the state require doctors to counsel terminally ill patients on receiving assisted suicide. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, argument from authority, design intuition, feelings, logical fallacies, persuasion, public opinion, scientific debate, skepticism, tribalism, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book) Scientists Aren’t Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is David Klinghoffer July 21, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 6 And no, that's not entirely a bad thing. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, computational reductionism, determinism, empiricism, free will, human mind, immaterial reality, John Searle, metaphysics, mind-brain problem, self-refutation, suppressed evidence John Searle on Free Will Michael Egnor July 21, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Modern philosophy of mind is a focused effort to deny human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Howard Glicksman Date July 20, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, The Designed Body (series) In Female Sexual Function, Irreducible Complexity and Natural Survival Capacity Howard Glicksman July 20, 2016 Intelligent Design, Medicine 1 I've already explained that the embryo is destined to become female unless chemicals swing into action to make it become a normal male. Read More ›
